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Events on October 28 in history

Agnes of Poitou
1061Oct, 28

Empress Agnes, acting as regent for her son, brings about the election of bishop Cadalus, the antipope Honorius II.

Agnes of Poitou (c. 1025 – 14 December 1077), was the queen of Germany from 1043 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1046 until 1056 as the wife of Emperor Henry III. From 1056 to 1061, she ruled the Holy Roman Empire as regent during the minority of their son Henry IV.

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